April 9th, 1995
Episode 5 starts soon after Walt’s second heart attack and as Project Neighbors are starting to create Hilltop Neighborhood House (a daycare center that would serve the poorest in Valpo and established with a retired University prof, Ed Senne, taking on the role of Director and the University selling a former rat lab to be used as the facility). He and George struggle at first to figure out where to start but then get into a far-reaching conversation that covers such issues as….the problem of the sacredness (a concept that will be discussed near the end of the episode as well) today of consumerism and “standard of living” over humanness and the tension between the two that should be, but is not, talked about……the importance—and rarity—of real repentance (brought to mind by Robert MacNamara’s public apology for what he did in as Secretary of Defense leading the Vietnam War) and how life would be so different if there was more of that…about the danger of basing man making judgements on the literal “Gods will” (on such things as homosexuality, divorce) when the important lesson of Christianity is to serve your neighbor……the danger of the growth of specialization in breaking apart building relationships and addressing complex problems in the world……what does it mean for a person to truly be a person—"being over doing.”
